Refrigerator



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EDWAD ECKE, 0F LUS ANGELES, CALIORNA aarareaaarea.

Application tiled march 1922. serial No. tarwe.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that li, EDWARD Ecm., a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to refrigerators of the type generally used forhousehold purposes, the principal objects of my invention being togenerally improve uponand slmplify the construction of the existingforms of household refrigerators, to provlde slmple and convenientmea'ns for taking care of the Water resulting from the melting of theice stored within the ice chamber of the refrigerator, to provide for afree circulation of air from the storage chambers of the refrigeratorthrough the ice chamber and further, to provide a refrigerator that maybe easily and cheaply produced.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear and while l haveshown and will describe my preferred form of com struction, l wish it tobe understood that l do not limit myself to such preferred form, forvarious changes and adaptations may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of my invention as hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator of myimproved con struction.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

F-ig. 4 is a perspective view of a drip pan supporting bracket that isutilized in my improve-d refrigerator.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the end of the drip dischargespout.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings 10 designates thebody of the refrigerator, said body being composed of side, front, rearand bottom walls, all of which are preferably lined with sheet metal 11.The top of the body of the refrigerator is closed by a hinged lid orcover 12, and that portion-of the space with the refrigerator bodyimmediately below said lid constitutes an ice chamber 13.

Extending inwardly from the walls of the body 10 at the bottom ofchamber 13 are downwardly inclined drip flanges 14 of metal andremovably arranged on said Hanges is a rack 15, preferably of heavy wirescreen that serves as a support for the ice that 1s stored in chamber13.

Secured to the walls of the body 10 imme 60 diately beneath the flanges1d are bloclm or brackets 16, preferably of wood, and which are notchedas desi nated by 17 to receive the edges of a sha1 ow drip pan 18.

Depending from this pan near one end is an outlet tube 19 thatdischarges directly into the u per end of a drain tube 20, and thelatter eading through the side wall of the refrigerator body. Pivotallymounted near the outer end of drain tube 20 is an 70 g outwardl openinggravity closed valve 21 that is esigned to act automatically, an

open under the weight of a small amount of water within the drain tubeand to close by gravity, thereby preventing air from entering therefrigerator through the drain tube.

Removably suspended on the sidey of the refrlgerator body below thedischar e end ofthe drain tube is a receptacle 22 t at receives thewater that passes from the re- S0 frigerator through said drain tube.

The space within the refrigerator body below the drip pan constitutes astorage chamber for food stuffs and the like and said space may bedivided into one or more compartments by removable partitions 23 thatare formed of wire screen or perforated sheet metal.

Suitable doors 24 are arranged in the front wall of the refrigeratorbody which provide e0 through outlet 19 into and through discharge 100pipe 20 and after passing automatic valve 21 said water discharges intoreceptacle 22 and which latter may be easily and conveniently removedwhenever it becomes necessary to remove the accumulation of waste water.

The` blocks or brackets 16 are arranged so as to provide ample spacebetween the edges of the drip pan 18 and the walls of the refrigeratorbody and consequently permitting m0 a free circulation of air betweenthe ice and food storage chambers.

from the ice within e5 y y momo@ A refrigerator of my im rovedconstruoliront of the refrigerator Toreokes in the tion is eomparetivelysimp e, may be easily refrigerator below seid ri and o E@ and chee lproduced, is construct/ed, so neA drip pon su ported on soi brmcets smidto be rea i y cleaned'and is very e'ective in brackets un door beingA soerrand the@ performing its intended functions. said pan' may be passedtherethrough to be I claim as my invention: positloned in therefrigerator or remov In e refrigeretonnn we chamber, a, dripVtherefrom. v

flange below said chamber, rs, door in the v EDWARD EGEL.

